ge labelling

[charliep]

I am not suggesting the consumer should not have the right to choose what goes in their mouth. I often wonder the benefit of regulatory based mandatory labeling and market based.

Would there be a benefit to have a monster label that indicates food is produced from crops that are grown using conventional agricultural production methods as a regulatory requirement or the current where you label organic production/market it as a benefit in branded sense?

Perhaps the biggest challenge is to actually get consumers to read nutritional labels and use this information in their eating decisions.

[freewheat]

Pour farmer, here is the deal. Consumers, while not "stupid", do have very little clue about how their food is produced. Many blogs fight back. The thing is though, sensationalism and "doctors", are more emotional and eye catching to consumers than actual farmers telling their story.

Ever put a genie back in the bottle? It is hard to fight back when the anti gm people play to the emotions of the consumer, no matter how hard we try.

Consumers are not stupid, they are simply so far removed from farming that they believe any wing nut out there these days who has written a book or two, or been on Oprah. You think Ellen or Oprah would have someone like me on their show to clear things up? Not bloody likely!

That is what we are up against, and why we are losing the battle. People with influence twisting the truth and outright lying about gmo crops....

Consumers are not dumb. They are just latching onto the wrong infoprmation.

[sumdumguy]

Free wheat, consumers just want "the" information so they can make their own choice. What's wrong with that? Have you ever bought a car and asked where it was made? I have. Does it matter? To me it might. The consumer is always right whether or not you think his decisions are based on misinformation. That where the rubber hits the road.

[grassfarmer]

freewheat I see where you are coming from but there are also some very well informed consumers who are both more knowledgable and more articulate than the majority of farmers. We ignore that reality at our peril by making broad statements about the consumer being far removed from the food production theatre.

I'm all for promoting my products to consumers because that's the way I run my operation selling direct to them - but for you "commodity" guys on here selling grains or oilseeds as a bulk, unprocessed product why should you be the ones going on Oprah to explain why GE is good? - what about the Monsanto reps or the food companies like Kraft explaining why gmo content in their pre cooked meals is good not bad?

I think they have a hell of a lot more responsibility than the farmer growing the base commodity and thus far they are ducking it completely and allowing you to fight their battle for them. They are using your good reputation as farmers to sell their products to the consumer.

[charliep]

Swore I would never post a link to food navigator again but here is what Chipotle is doing. You can dig further on their website and find lots more discussion on this topic.

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grassfarmer - The line between conventional agriculture and the things you do is becoming a lot blurred as you get big food players like McDonalds pushing for specific consumer friendly attributes including non-gmo, sustainably produced, animal welfare, hormone free, etc.

[charliep]

[URL="http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Trends/The-GM-debate"]foodnavigator[/URL]

[rkaiser]

I love this line Hobby Farmer -"Its kind of a lack of trust in government (all governments of all stripes and colors) and/ or their purposeful exercising of their rights as citizens and consumers."

When you realise that the true meaning of the word govern mente is control of the mind --- can you really blame them... LOL\

Unless you like having your mind controlled.

Why fear labeling? Wacky doctors and extremists? While all of the govern mente and corporate doctors are trustworthy and right? Even when they admit to controlling your mind...

Have fun with this one folks - it will end when GMO labels are on every product and not before. Truth need not be feared. From either side... if there are two sides --- dododo

[tweety]

What an idiot!

[rkaiser]

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[TOM4CWB]

WARNING; THIS TREAD CONTAINS GENETICALLY MANIPULATED MATERIAL... AND THIS MAY CONCERN SOME READERS! READERS UNDER 18 OR 21... SHOULD CONSULT THERE RESPONSIBLE NATURES BEFORE READING THIS!

Grassy,

This IS all about Marketing.

CHARLIE, thanks you provided more light than heat!

Grain growers in Canada only grow Corn, Soya, and Canola that has any transgenic properties.

Everything else is 'genetically manipulated' including your cattle, the feed you grow that they eat, and even your family... because if you did not select your genetic partner whom is the Father/Mother of your children... your parents did... as did the creator whom made the planet earth and all it contains!